1745 in Ireland

none May 2018 1745 thumb|Swift's epitaph Events from the year 1745 in Ireland. Incumbent Monarch: George II Events 19 October – Jonathan Swift, satirist and Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, dies aged 78. His body is laid out in public for the people of Dublin to pay their last respects, and he is buried, in accordance with his wishes, in his cathedral by Esther Johnson's side with his own epitaph: Ubi sæva Indignatio / Ulterius / Cor lacerare nequit ("where savage indignation can no longer lacerate the heart"). Bartholomew Mosse establishes the Dublin Lying-In Hospital. The town walls of Youghal are repaired. Births 14 April – Richard Annesley, 2nd Earl Annesley, politician (died 1824). 24 December – William Paterson, jurist in the United States (died 1806). Deaths 13 May – Charles Coffey, playwright and composer.Don Randel The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music 1996 Harvard University Press 9780674372993 168 https://books.google.com/books?id=jEGpMqRcQjIC&pg=PA168 en 19 October – Jonathan Swift, cleric, satirist, essayist and poet (born 1667). 16 November – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, soldier and statesman (born 1665). References 1745 Category:Years of the 18th century in Ireland Ireland Category:1740s in Ireland